Steve Weitman, the President of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore since January 2023 and an executive for the Las Vegas company since May 2004, is leaving the company. Wynn Resorts CEO Craig Billings confirmed Weitman’s departure noting that his last day with the company would be June 10th.
Las Vegas Review-Journal retrieved the note Weitman wrote to his colleagues: “After 20 years with this great company and leading the property to the best financial results in its history, Wynn Las Vegas and Encore are in an excellent operating position.
“This has been an amazing journey and I could not be prouder to have worked alongside the best in the business. The friendships and relationships I’ve built with many of you over the last two decades will last a lifetime, for which I am most grateful.”
Billings shared Weitman’s note with Wynn and Encore employees in an email and said: “All of us will miss Steve, but after such a long and successful run, we can all understand why he now wants some time to consider other life options.
“Steve has been an integral part of Wynn Las Vegas for 20 years. He has demonstrated a singular level of dedication to Wynn and has contributed so much to our success. His career within the company has been inspiring to so many.”
In 1995, Weitman left The Walt Disney Company in Burbank, California, where he served as the Director of Operations and Licensing for more than eight years, according to his LinkedIn profile. He then joined Wynn as a Senior Vice President and in September 2016 was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Wynn and Encore. He took the President’s role 6.5 years later.
According to Review-Journal, Billings said that once Weitman departs, decisions would be taken about a successor. Chief Operating Officer Brian Gullbrants will assume the role in the interim.
Earlier in February, Wynn Las Vegas filed a lawsuit against Fontainebleau alleging that the new resort was poaching its executives. However, it does not seem to be the case that Weitman is going to join the latter.
In contrast, Wynn’s previous President and Principal Executive Officer Maurice Wooden, who served between 2013 and 2019, was hired as Fontainebleau’s new Las Vegas President in January.